Raster data compression commands

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Important

The modern print platform is Windows' preferred means of communicating with printers. We recommend that you use Microsoft's IPP inbox class driver, along with Print Support Apps (PSA), to customize the print experience in Windows 10 and 11 for printer device development.

For more information, see Modern print platform and the Print support app design guide.

The following table lists the raster data compression commands. All commands are specified using the command entry format.

For more information about raster data compression commands, see Compressing Raster Data.

Command Description Comments
CmdDisableCompression Command to disable the printer's acceptance of all compressed data types. Optional
CmdEnableDRC Command to enable the printer's acceptance of DRC-compressed data. Optional. If not specified, Unidrv does not use Delta-Row compression.
CmdEnableFE_RLE Command to enable the printer's acceptance of FE-RLE-compressed data. Optional. If not specified, Unidrv does not use FE-RLE compression.
CmdEnableOEMComp Command to enable the printer's acceptance of a customized compressed data type. Optional. If not specified, Unidrv does not use customized data compression.
CmdEnableTIFF4 Command to enable the printer's acceptance of TIFF 4.0-compressed data. Optional. If not specified, Unidrv does not use TIFF4.0 compression.